Fire hazard maps have changed a great deal, especially if you live in Carpinteria.
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Does Nothing Change?
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Roberta Silsbury, Goleta
In the Independent on March 26, 2026, I read an obituary that transported me back to an 18-year-old in 1963.
A Happier Ending
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B. Thomas Smith, S.B.
In its effort to get rid of the “happy ending” massage in the city, the police are proposing an ordinance revision that will unfairly impact long time local massage therapists and kill off valuable local businesses.
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Accommodations
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Cyrus Clarke, Lompoc
Side-Tracked
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Andrew Norris, S.B.
Where Is the Outrage!
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Mary Folsom, S.B.
Caring About Our Oceans
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Alex Borgas, Goleta
“Some People Will Die”
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Robert Baruch, New Britain, CT, formerly of Goleta
AUDs: A Scourge on Our City
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Margot Shepard, S.B.
For Those Who Help
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Sabrina Ashjian, Board Chair, RedCross/Pacific Coast Chapter
In Answer to “Horses of Buellton”
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Joan Hartmann, Santa Barbara County Supervisor, 3rd District
